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06 Nov 02 - 07:14 PM (#820326) Subject: BS: devoutly to be wished From: mack/misophist Sometimes we jest when the truth is too awkward. > > > One night George Bush was awakened by George > > > Washington's ghost in the White > > > House. Bush saw him and asked, "George, what is > > > the best thing I could do to > > > help the country?" > > > > > > "Set an honest and honorable example, just as I > > > did," advised The Father of His Country. > > > > > > The next night, the ghost of Thomas Jefferson > > > moved through the dark > > > bedroom. "Tom, what is the best thing I could do > > > to help the country?" Bush asked. > > > > > > "Cut taxes and reduce the size of government," > > > advised The Renaissance Man > > > from Virginia. > > > > > > The thought of being honorable and cutting taxes > > > being unimaginable to him, > > > he could not sleep and saw another figure moving > > > in the shadows. It was > > > Abraham Lincoln's ghost. "Abe, what is the best > > > thing I could do to help the > > > country?" Bush asked. > > > > > > "Go to the theatre," said The Great Emancipator. Will some one foreward this to George, please? Maybe he will. ___________________________________ |
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06 Nov 02 - 07:19 PM (#820334) Subject: RE: BS: devoutly to be wished From: Kim C They used to tell that with Clinton as the subject... |
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06 Nov 02 - 08:19 PM (#820377) Subject: RE: BS: devoutly to be wished From: Little Hawk I thought the sacred mantra of all conservatives was to cut taxes (by 15%)... while reducing social services by 25%... Looks great on the government balance sheet. Looks great on the corporate balance sheet. Looks lousy in your neighborhood. - LH |